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University worker & PhD candidate.
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Guys I am sorry to have to be the one to tell you this but there are more historians, even in the field of 20th century americanists, than just Timothy Snyder

WFH lunch of leftover tofu & veg stir fry on jasmine rice w/ crispy onions, toasted sesame seeds and a bamboo-mushroom bun. 🌶️ 🥬 🍆 🍽️ 🍜 #veganfood

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doing a thing in Liverpool if anyone fancies it. wouldn’t mind some reposts for visibility

As others have mentioned, this can be even more true of pet content - or indeed farmed animal content. Unless you took the photo/vid or you personally know the animal(s) shared/human(s) sharing, assume the worst first 😕

Please, please take a minute to read this. It got around on The Bad Place - but we'll need to do some outreach/education here on Faked and Cruel "nature" photos. www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...

When whimsical wildlife photography isn't what it seemswww.pbs.org This photo looks cute, but it reveals the cloudy intersection of wildlife photography, animal welfare issues and photojournalism integrity.

And - hear me out - maybe stop cramming our fellow beings into prisons and gassing them to death. Labour injustice in any industry is abhorrent, but you won’t find bird flu at a steelworks. Name the problem: it’s animal agribusiness. #abolition 😷❤️

Farmers are getting infected with bird flu because they are working in 104 degree heat without masks and other PPE. The is why labor justice must be a key part of the solution for both climate change and pandemics.

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Please, please take a minute to read this. It got around on The Bad Place - but we'll need to do some outreach/education here on Faked and Cruel "nature" photos. www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...

You didn't know that you needed a picture of a tiny frog riding a giant beetle, but now you do.

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Amazing story about what happens at the VA Hospital when you ask the Project 2025 question: "How are you going to pay the utility bills when Social Security and VA benefits get cut?" tweet: x.com/FlindyD/stat...

Oh hell no

Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive hosted PDF files without permission — user complains feature can't be disabledwww.tomshardware.com Kevin Bankston, a Senior Advisor on AI Governance, discusses this concerning Google Gemini behavior.

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Tfw when your nice little harmonica podcast finishes mid-shower and Spotify shuffles to this ☹️

Pretending it’s summer 🌧️ Mediterranean bowl of chik’n, homemade hummus, roast courgette & bell pepper, Kalamata olives, chickpeas, shredded carrot, cherry tomatoes, spinach & assorted pickles on pearl barley 🌞 🍜 🍽️ #veganfood

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Lovely to see - we're going to need much more of this kind of thing!! "Lost area of Welsh rainforest to be returned to ancient glory. Site in Pembrokeshire currently grazed by sheep will be planted with a range of species and reconnect to Celtic past." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Lost area of Welsh rainforest to be returned to ancient glorywww.theguardian.com Site in Pembrokeshire currently grazed by sheep will be planted with a range of species and reconnect to Celtic past

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Tour de France and Olympic athletes are wearing masks because they understand that catching COVID could undo years of hard work and sacrifices.

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“Its predecessors already produce hundreds or even thousands of words almost instantaneously. Now GPT-5 brings PhD writing skills to the table, meaning it can generate text at a rate of about ten words per day.” www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cha...

ChatGPT Now Has PhD-Level Intelligence, and the Poor Personal Choices to Prove Itwww.mcsweeneys.net “If you look at the trajectory of improvement, systems like GPT-3 were maybe toddler-level intelligence… and then systems like GPT-4 are more like ...

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And they didn't include in their list a Worker's Party candidate's son being beaten by masked men with baseball bats, though they reported it at the time www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sutton Coldfield election candidate 'fearful for life' after son attacked - BBC Newswww.bbc.co.uk Wajad Burkey, Workers Party of Britain candidate for Sutton Coldfield, says he is "fearful for his life".

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Nothing to see here, just the BBC including Labour losing seats over their stance on Gaza in a list of abuse and intimidation in the election. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Hot tip for UK peeps as covid surges: these lil guys are currently on sale @ 2 for £7.50 Nasal sprays with iota-carrageenan are an inconspicuous way to (probably*) lower your risk of catching covid/colds/flu *some promising research on this! & they're cheap & harmless, so what have you to lose? ❤️😷

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Woke Scones™ 👁️ #veganfood 🍜 🍽️

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UK whooping cough cases reported, first half of each year (Weeks 1-26): 2005: 369 2006: 156 2007: 366 2008: 648 2009: 604 2010: 240 2011: 286 2012: 1,590 2013: 2,131 2014: 1,024 2015: 1,334 2016: 2,252 2017: 1,541 2018: 1,273 2019: 1,670 2020: 1,315 2021: 234 2022: 235 2023: 431 2024: 20,545

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this website's so confusing to me bc a lot of ppl seem to want to be nasty for "fun" and pretend 2 not care abt anything like why didnt u just stay on twitter then ? did everyone figure out ur shtick and get tired of u ?

Some days call for an entire camemvert. #veganfood 🍜 🍽️

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What this article leaves out is that if you hand your unlocked phone to a police officer, they can legally search it. Unless companies develop a method that allows you to show officers insurance cards and driver license without unlocking the rest of your phone, don't. www.zdnet.com/article/digi...

This state is introducing digital driver's licenses. Here's what you need to knowwww.zdnet.com Your physical wallet is being replaced piece by piece. Here's what you need to know about using digital IDs.

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Incredibly worrying that in today’s digital world tech giants exercise the power to punish those of whom they disapprove, with devastating consequences and no effective recourse for the victims

Microsoft killed my online life after I called Gaza Palestinians calling home to Gaza on Skype have had their digital lives destroyed, after Microsoft closed their email accounts without warning. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Microsoft destroyed my online life after I called home to Gazawww.bbc.com Palestinians calling home to Gaza on Skype are being blocked and banned from using Microsoft products.

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Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it’s not stopping. momentummag.com/paris-cyclin...

Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it's not stoppingmomentummag.com The report delves into the nuances of Parisian cycling culture, exploring the vibrant community of riders who navigate the city's streets

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2,947 confirmed COVID-19 patients occupying hospital beds in England - as of 30 June 2024. The highest numbers in the past 7 days, now since 12 February 2024, some 20 weeks ago during the 'winter' months. Something clearly isn't right in terms of infection prevention and control.

England COVID-19 data update as of 11 July 2024 - pending today's latest 'weekly' number of positive COVID-19 cases, and virus tests positivity, as to be reported by @UKHSA. Note recent increases in hospital beds occupied by confirmed COVID-19 patients and deaths involving COVID.

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Thanks to Violet Affleck’s public comment, pretty much every media outlet of note in the world is now writing about masks and Long COVID… even the New York Times!

A Daughter of Hollywood Royalty Appeals to Los Angeles: No Mask Banswww.nytimes.com Violet Affleck, the eldest child of Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, called for greater access to masks in a short speech during which she revealed her own “post-viral condition.”

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Hey motherfuckers, just found out my kid had post-viral myocarditis from COVID in 2022! Discovered because of constant fatigue and dizziness when standing. They now use a cane. COVID is surging again so do the damn things! I know they suck but not as much as giving someone else a heart condition.

Why on earth would Olio have AI. What could AI possibly bring to the experience of giving away unwanted shampoo. Jfc

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"Researchers’ analysis of DNA suggests that even the stress of renting has significant health consequences, causing cumulative damage to the body’s tissues and cells, irrespective of actual age." It is Disability Pride Month. Effect is likely compounded for people with disabilities of all kinds.

Living in privately rented homes linked to faster biological ageing, study findswww.theguardian.com Researchers’ analysis of DNA suggests housing circumstances ‘get under the skin’ and are associated with significant health consequences